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The XVI. Chapter.
A The feare of þe; LORDE is þe; right scy&ebar;ce
of wy&esset;dome, and lowlynes goeth
before hono&highr;. A man maye well purpose
a thinge in his harte, but þe; answere of
þe; tonge c&obar;meth of þe; LORDE. noteA m&abar; thinketh
all his waies to be clene, but it is þe; LORDE
þt; fashioneth þe; myndes. noteCommytte thy
workes vnto þe; LORDE, and loke what thou
deuysest, it shal prospere. The LORDE doth
all thinges for his owne sake, yee ∧ when he
kepeth þe; vngodly for þe; daye of wrath.
The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous
∧ proude hertes, there maye nether strength
ner power escape. With louynge mercy ∧
faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so
feareth þe; LORDE eschueth euell. When a
mans wayes please þe; LORDE, he maketh his
very enemies to be his frendes.
B Better is
it to haue a litle thinge &wt; rightuousnes, th&ebar;
greate rentes wrongeously gotten. noteA m&abar;
deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is þe; LORDE
þt; ordreth his goinges. When þe; prophecy
is in þe; lippes of þe; kynge, his mouth shal
not go wr&obar;ge in iudgment. noteA true measure
∧ a true bala&ubar;ce are þe; LORDES, he maketh
all weightes. It is a greate abhominaci&obar;
when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate
shulde be holden vp &wt; righteousnesse.
Righteous lippes are pleasa&ubar;t vnto kynges,
and they loue him þt; speaketh þe; trueth.
The kynges displeasure is a messaunger
of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him.
The cherefull countena&ubar;ce of þe; kynge is
life, and his louynge fauo&highr; is as the euenynge
dewe. noteTo haue wy&esset;dome in possession is
better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge,
is more worth then syluer.
C The path of
þe; righteous eschueth euell, ∧ who so loketh
well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule.
Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion,
and after a proude stomake there foloweth
a fall. Better it is to be of humble
mynde &wt; the lowly, then to deuyde þe; spoyles
&wt; þe; proude. He þt; handleth a matter wysely,
opteyneth good: note ∧ blessed is he, þt; putteth
his trust in þe; LORDE. Who so hath a wyse
vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but
he þt; can speake fayre, getteth more riches.
Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him
þt; hath it, as for þe; chastenynge of fooles, it
is but foolishnesse. The herte of the wyse
enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth þe; doctryne
in his lyppes.
Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge
of þe; mynde, ∧ health of þe; bones.
noteThere is a waye þt; men thinke to be right,
but the ende therof leadeth vnto death. A
troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir
owne mouth hath brought her therto.
D An
vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his
lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.
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A frowarde body causeth strife, and he þt;
is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge
prynces. A wicked m&abar; begyleth his
neghbo&highr;, ∧ ledeth him þe; waye þt; is not good.
He that wyncketh &wt; his eyes, ymagineth
myschefe: and he þt; byteth his lippes, wyl do
some harme. noteAge is a crowne of worshipe,
yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes.
A pacient man is better then one that is
str&obar;ge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more
worth then he þt; wynneth a cite. The lottes
are cast in to the lappe, but their fall st&obar;deth
in the LORDE.
Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
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